Garhshankar Assembly constituency

Garhshankar
Constituency No. 45 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictHoshiarpur
LS constituencyAnandpur Sahib
Established1957
Total electors175,287 (in 2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAam Aadmi Party
Elected year2017

Garhshankar Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 45) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency representing Garhshankar in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab state, India. Currently, it is represented by Jai Krishan Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party who is also Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly.[1] The last assembly elections were held in February 2022.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1992 Shingara Ram[1] Bahujan Samaj Party
1997
2002 Avinash Rai Khanna[1] Bharatiya Janata Party
2004[a] Love Kumar Goldy[1] Indian National Congress
2007
2012 Surinder Singh Bhullewal Rathaan[1] Shiromani Akali Dal
2017 Jai Kishan Singh Rori Aam Aadmi Party
2022[2]
  1. ^ by-election

Election results

2022

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2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Garhshankar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jai Kishan Singh Rori[3] 32,341
INC Amarpreet Lally[4] 28162
SAD Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan 24735
NOTA None of the above 1078
Majority 4179 3.42
Turnout
Registered electors 175,287 [5]

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Garhshankar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jai Kishan Singh Rori 41,720 33.50
SAD Surinder Singh Heer 40,070 32.18
INC Lov Kumar Goldy 31,909 25.62
BSP Bakhsish Singh 6031 4.84
CPI(M) Harbhajan Singh 2217 1.78
NOTA None of the above 1121 0.90
Majority
Turnout 125658
Registered electors 169,609 [6]
AAP gain from SAD Swing

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Garhshankar (Punjab) Election Results 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ News18 (2022). "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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